dizzydiz

Ireland were petitioning heavily for them not to pay, but now get a windfall all the same.

For me, your first definition is meditation itself. I’ve always considered mindfulness as being engrossed in something without distracting thoughts.

When I’m “lost” in programming or conversation, I feel I’m doing it right :)

I do get joy from coding but with regards to OS:

- I simply don't know where to begin... which one to contribute to? I don't have an area of computing that excites me to such a degree for longer than a week.

- I worry that anything meaningful that warrants open-source contribution is going to established - and will feel more like a dayjob in terms of creativity (or lack thereof; implementing a shopping list of FRs) and formality.

I could be entirely wrong but I've never tested this hypothesis as I have a huge backlog of (useless/unprofitable) side-projects to build. Perhaps I'm more of a lone wolf :)

EDIT: One thing that I do assume would be better in established OS is focusing on complexity and going deeper. With side projects you'll often spend far more time on boilerplate stuff than on the "big idea" that might have drawn you in.

What is the one thing you wish you knew before you joined?